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A story where each try costs more than the last, and time is running out
Paste your story plan. Get attempts that each cost more than the last, and a clock over all of it.
Rising cost ladder builder is a free AI skill for the job "Write and tell stories". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
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What it does
Suspense sags when a character tries three things and each costs the same. It also sags when the cost resets, so a loss in chapter four is forgotten in chapter five. This skill builds a ladder. Each rung is an attempt to ease or end the trap. Each costs more than the one before, and each leaves something permanently lost. That can be a trust, a tool, a plan, a friend or a belief. It places a first small win early so the reader has hope, then makes the next attempt cost twice as much. At least once it lets the reader see the price before the character does. It then sets a clock, a date, a visit or a supply running out, that the character cannot move.
You give it
- Your story plan, or the output of the earlier steps
- What the character wants most, and what they would hate to lose
- How long the story should run (optional)
You get
- A ladder of five to eight attempts, ordered by cost
- For each rung, what it tries, what it costs and what stays lost
- Which rungs the reader sees coming
- A clock, with the date it lands and who or what sets it
Use it when
- Your middle chapters feel like the same scene repeated.
- Your character escapes trouble and nothing is lost.
- Your story has no deadline, so scenes can be moved around without harm.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Paste your plan and say what your character would hate to lose.
- Pick the clock from the choices it offers, or write your own.
- Use the ladder as your chapter order. Next, use "Fair escape checker".